Rack



Nov. 12, 1929. s TAYLOR 1,735,220

RACK

Filed Dec. 10, 1926 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 12, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HARRY S. TAYLOR, OFERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE R.

METCALF AND ONE-FOURTH T0 EDWARD E. WALKER, BOTH 0F ERIE, PENNSYL- VANIARACK Application filed December 10, 1926. Serial 110,153,905.

In industrial plants it is often desirable to form racks which may beused for ordinary purposes as shelving. The present invention may be soused but it is particularly designed and adapted for use in connectionwith ovens or similar devices into which material is placed and removed.To this end, the shelving or rack is built upon a platform truck so thatit may be lifted by the ordinary elevating shop truck, moved into theoven and returned from it. Such racks are subjected to very severe duty.Details and features of the invention will appear more fully from thespecification and claims.

The invention is illustrated in the acconipanying drawings as followsFig. 1 shows a front elevation of the rack.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a section of one of the supporting rods and a part of one of theshelves resting thereon.

1 marks the legs. aresecured to the faces of these legs by rivets 2 Theupper ends of the legs have heads 1 which extend into cross rails 8,these cross rails being in the form ofchannels and the head extendinginto the base of the channel. Cross beams I rest on the front and rearrails and bridge the space between. They are secured to the rails bybolts 4. Angle plates 5 are secured to the side rails 3 by rivets 5*,the rivets 5 extending through the angle plates, side rails and heads 1.Posts 6, preferably of channel iron, are secured to the angle plates byrivets 6. The posts are connected at the top by diagonal angle plates 7secured at the center by a joining plate 7*.

Supporting socket plates 8 are secured to the posts by rivets 8*. Thesehave a central rib 8 and branches 8 extend from each side of the ribforming stepped staggered sockets 8. These sockets are open in adirection at right angles to the face of the post on which the plates 8are secured and thus the sockets on one post oppose similar sockets onthe opposing post and supporting rods 9 rest in these sockets bridgingthe space between the posts. The branches of one socket do not reach thebranch of the next socket above this leaving lateral openingsfacilitating the ad- Front and rear rails 2 just-ment of the rods fromone socket to another. Shelves 10 rest on the supportin rods, theseshelves being preferably formec in sections and extending from front torear of the rack. Shelves 10 are placed on the rails 3 and beams 4forming a bottom shelf.

The rods may be readily adjusted. Either rod may be lifted sufiicientlyto carry it out of its socket and when lifted sufiiciently high willpass the rib 8 so that it may be put into the socket at the oppositeside of the rib if desired, or it may be lifted to the next socket atthe same side of the rib. Thus the space between the shelves may bereadily adjusted and this adjustment is facilitated by the sectionalarrangement of the shelves. In order to prevent the displacement of theshelves on the rod the shelves are provided with shoulders 11 which areadapted to engage the rods and thus lock the shelves in place on therods.

What I claim as new is 1. In a rack, the combination of corner posts;staggered sockets on the inner faces of the posts, the sockets openinginwardly and laterally; supporting rods in the sockets, said rodsextending at right angles to the in faces of the posts; and shelves onthe rods,

said shelves being formed in sections some of the sections being remotefrom the posts.

3. In a rack, the combination of corner posts; vertical ribs arranged onthe inner faces of the posts with branches extending from each side ofthe ribs forming staggered sockets at the opposite sides of the ribs,said sockets opening inwardly and laterally; and supporting rods in thesockets, said rods extending at right angles to the inner faces of theposts.

4:. In a rack, the combination of corner posts; a plurality of socketplates secured to the inner faces of the posts, each plate having rodsupporting sockets, said sockets being formed by ribs on the inner facesof the plates and opening inwardly and laterally; and rods arranged insaid sockets, said rods extending atright angles to the inner faces of 5the posts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY S. TAYLOR.

